Type-justifying machine.



No. 700,699. Patented May 20, I902.

F. McCLINTOCK.

TYPE JUSTIFYING MACHINE.

(Application filed June 11, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

FRANK MCOLINTOOK, OF MOUNT VERNON, YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO EDWIN O. HOYT AND FELIX ROSEN, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y.

TYPE-JUSTIFYING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 70 dated May 20, 1902- Serial No.64,154. (No model.)

To a, whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK MoCLINTooK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Mount Vernon, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Type-Justifying Machines, of which the following is a specification. 7

My invention relates to improvements in type-justifying machines of the class in which a traveling line-holder is provided which in connection with a side plate forms a closed receptacle for containing a single line of type and the spreading spacing devices required for the proper justification and spacing of the line.

The invention as shown and described in this specification is especially adapted to the type-justifying machine shown in my application, Serial No. 24,291, filed July 20, 1900, for improvements in type-justifying machines.

The first object of the present invention is to provide capacity for the adjustment of the type-recess in the line-holder to varying sizes of type, and the second objectof my improvement is to provide a simple means for preventing the turning of thin types and which will also serve to adjust the line-holder so that it may be used with difierent sizes of type. the line-holder which contains the line of type should be wide enough to allow the types used to drop freely'therein, and it has been found in practice that such a width will allow of the turning of thin types when such come at the end of a line which does not entirely fill the line-holder. This turning of the thin type or types at the end of the line is caused by the friction of the type-body moving with the line-holder against the stationary side plate, but could not occur in a line-holder in which the types fitted closely in the type-roe cess.

The invention will be best understood from the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side View of a line-holder, showing the type-recess. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of a line-holder in its track and nearly It is essential that the type-recess in.

filled with a line of type and temporary spacing devices. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional View along the line A A of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view along the line B B of Fig. 2. 4

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts in each of the views.

The mechanism for assembling the types and spacing devices into the line-holder in the manner shown in Figs. 2 and 3 and for thereafter automatically justifying and spacing out the line forms no part of the present invention and needs no description in connection therewith.

In the drawings, 0 represents the lineholder, which is of the same general form as that shown in the aforesaid application.

f represents the track-plate.

11 represents the cap-plate, and a represents the bed-plate.

Devices for actuating the line-holder are not shown, as they play no part in the present application.

The track-plate f serves to close up the open side of the type-recess 12, which is cut on the face of the line-holder and which is of a width and depth to correspond with the largest size of type used and extends the entire length of the line-holder. The lineholder 0 is closed in front, as heretofore, by the fixed stop 2 at one end and by the movable block 6 at the other. It is provided, as heretofore, with a longitudinal opening or slot 1, extending almost the entire length of the line-holder, 1 through which the temporary space-bars e of the same general character of those shown in the aforesaid application are inserted, being assembled in the line holder in the same manner and the length of the finished line being limited by the line-stop 2 and the pivoted adjustable line-Step6, whichmay be set'at any desired point, as before. It rarely happens in prac-' tice that the line as first assembled willexactly fill out the full spacabetwee'n' these line-stops, which leaves a vacantispaco dbetween the last type t andthepivotedst'op 6, as shown in Fig. 2. In order to adjust the line-holder to varying sizes of type, I provide a movable adjustable block 3 at the base of the type-recess 12, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4. This block is rabbeted at the points 4 4 at either end, as shown in Fig. 1, and the rabbeted end is fitted to suitable slots 5 5, cut in the ends of the seat in the line-holder in which the block 3 is arranged to slide. By sliding the block longitudinally forward and holding it at any given point the line-holder may be adapted to type characters of any given size within the limit fixed by the general dimensions of the type-recess. It is immaterial what means he resorted to for moving and holding the block 3; but in practice it will be found convenient to employ two spiral springs 7 7, one at either end of the block, which rest in suitable seats cut therein and which by means of their contact with the rear face of the seat in the line-holder force the block normally forward. Screwpins 9 9 are provided at convenient points, screwing into seats in the block 3 at one end and passing through an opening in the lineholder and provided at the other with screwheads 10, fitting into, a suitable recess 13 in the rear face of the line-holder, by turning which the block may be readily caused to move in and out. As will be seen by reference'to Figs. 3 and 4, the screw-pins 9 9 engage with an appropriate screw-thread out upon the interior face of the seats in the rear face of the block 3; but any other convenient method of actuating and holding the block may be employed.

Since it is necessary in practice that the type-recess be made ofsufficientwidth to allow the types to drop freely, which allows thin types to be turned fiat, it will be evident that whenevera line occurs having a thin letter at the end and there is sufficient space to allow the letter to turn on its axis the friction of the fixed side platef against the edge of the thin type 2, moving with the lineholder along its track to the point of justification, will cause the type to turn, thus necessitating stopping the machine and the renewal of the letter by tweezers.

I have discovered that by beveling the rear wall of the movable block 3 at the bottom of the type-recess 12 at the point 14 the foot of the :types will in each case be forced by the beveled surface sufficiently forward and close to the side plate f to effectually prevent the turning of any thin types and yet not interfere at all in the free dropping of the types into such recess during the composition of the line.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with the face-plate, of the line-holder arranged to travel thereon, having a suitable type-recess and provided with a movable and adjustable foot-plate, by means of which the type-recess may be enlarged or made smaller at its base at will so as to receive type characters of any desired size.

2. The combination with the face-plate, of the line-holder arranged to travel thereon, having a suitable type-recess the side wall of which is beveled at the base, so as to act on the foot of each character as it is inserted in the type-recess.

3. The combination with the face-plate, of the line-holder arranged to travel thereon, having a suitable type-recess and provided with a movable and adjustable foot-plate, the side wall of which is beveled at the base, so as to act on the foot of each type character, as it is inserted in the type-recess, and by means of which the type-recess may be enlarged or made smaller at will so as to receive type characters of any desired size.

4. The combination with the face-plate of the line-holder arranged to travel thereon, and a movable plate forming the bottom and side of thetype-channel supported on the line-holder by pins arranged to slide in suitable openings thereon, and provided with devices for actuating the pins; and suitable springs for holding the plate normally in an advanced position with respect to the lineholder.

5. The combination with the face-plate; of the line-holder arranged to travel thereon; and a movable plate forming the bottom and side of the type-channel supported on the line-holder in suitable channels at either end and having screw-pins arranged to slide in openings therein, and provided with screws for actuating the same; and suitable springs for holding the plate normally in an advanced position, with. respect to the line-holder.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 27th day of May, 1901.

FRANK MOOLINTOOK.

Witnesses: EDWIN T. RICE, J r., WILLARD PARKER BUTLER. 

